But this wasn't exactly the woods, since it was indoors. She had never been in an indoor woods before. She wondered if indoor woods had animals like the outdoor woods did. Goodkind truly lives in his own fantasy world if he thinks his mediocre genre re-hash is 'original' or 'deep'.

This list provides information about the purported properties of various precious gems and like substances:Emerald: Emeralds confer happiness on married couples. In some parts of the world, they are thought aphrodisiacs (which may have something to do with the previous point). Women who wear them during childbirth are said to endure less pain. They also counter dysentery and epilepsy, negate the effects of snakebite, and ward off witches. The blind are said to benefit from touching them.

The plot was much different from the first book and gave us the opportunity to really study the personalities of each character on an individual level. When Amelia and Janet met with Verna, they accused her of lying to them about the bond to the Lord Rahl that protected them from the dream walker. Janet informed her that the bond no longer held, as Richard Rahl had left the world of the living. Both Verna and Warren then felt the pain of having Jagang in their minds. Because of the gift slowly killing Warren, he regularly became unconscious. The only thing able to wake him was his loves connection to Verna. Verna's ability to wake Warren and allow him to work at prophetic tasks set by Jagang alone prevented her from being sent to the tents. My 2019 reread of the Sword of Truth continued with Stone of Tears and I'm happy to say the reread is going well so far as I quite enjoyed this one. Despite its flaws and Goodkind's crazy morality this still proved to be a fun and engaging 1990s style fantasy epic. It had a great mix of fun magic, intriguing characters, and a plot that was interesting enough to hold my attention from start to finish with very few dull spots or lulls. Pretty impressive considering the audio for Stone of Tears is 38 hours long! Dissolution of the army [ ] This section of the article is a stub. You can help the wiki by expanding it.Sapphire: These stones are said to promote love and happiness for those who own them. According to Buddhist tradition, sapphires have special powers to induce trances.